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2025-11-19 · Grand Casino Arena

3 – 4Final/SO

MIN beat CAR 4–3 in a shootout. MIN lost the expected-goals battle 1.9 to 4.2 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Jackson Blake scored on the power play at 18:54 of the third, moving CAR’s win probability from 5% to 50%. Jesper Wallstedt saved 2.4 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
45 – 19
Expected goals
4.2 – 1.9
xG share
CAR 69%
Home-ice start
MIN 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

CAR goalMIN goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

CARMIN

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

MIN
65:00 TOI
GSAx +2.43
+2.43
CAR
2 G, 0 A · 20:54 TOI
On-ice +0.46 · Finishing +1.09 · Penalties +0.19
+1.76
MIN
1 G, 0 A · 20:32 TOI
Finishing +0.75 · Shootout +1.01
+1.73

Rough nights

CAR
73:53 TOI
GSAx −1.09
−1.09
MIN
0 G, 1 A · 23:23 TOI
On-ice −0.36 · Finishing −0.13 · Shootout −0.38
−0.83
CAR
0 G, 0 A · 16:36 TOI
On-ice +0.12 · Finishing −0.21 · Shootout −0.49
−0.54

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalCAR–MINWin prob.
P1 1:54 MINBrock Faber
from Mats Zuccarello, Danila Yurov
0–153% → 69%
P1 11:46 MINMatt BoldySH
unassisted
0–270% → 83%
P2 14:03 CARJackson Blake
from Sean Walker, Logan Stankoven
1–210% → 25%
P3 0:15 MINMats Zuccarello
from Kirill Kaprizov, Danila Yurov
1–377% → 92%
P3 6:34 CARSebastian Aho
from Andrei Svechnikov, Seth Jarvis
2–35% → 20%
P3 18:54 CARJackson BlakePP
from Nikolaj Ehlers, Shayne Gostisbehere
3–35% → 50%

Every player

Show both lineups

CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Jackson Blake R20:542+1.76+0.46+1.09+0.02−0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Sebastian Aho C19:271+0.52−0.04+0.60+0.02−0.03+0.00−0.03−0.00
K'Andre Miller D23:56+0.23+0.33−0.08−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Shayne Gostisbehere D25:121+0.11+0.28−0.19+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nikolaj Ehlers L18:521+0.05+0.11−0.10+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jordan Martinook L13:11+0.04+0.10−0.04−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Alexander Nikishin D16:00+0.03+0.03+0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joel Nystrom D20:31+0.01+0.10−0.10+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Eric Robinson L14:39−0.04+0.02−0.05−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Mark Jankowski L13:46−0.05−0.01+0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00−0.02−0.00
William Carrier L12:33−0.10+0.09−0.19−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jordan Staal C13:33−0.14+0.11−0.32−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.10−0.00
Sean Walker D25:011−0.15+0.12−0.23−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mike Reilly D14:51−0.25+0.05−0.10−0.02+0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
Andrei Svechnikov R16:011−0.45+0.09−0.18+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.38
Seth Jarvis R21:181−0.48+0.05−0.18−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.02−0.32
Logan Stankoven C18:441−0.48+0.23−0.92−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.02−0.00
Taylor Hall L16:36−0.54+0.12−0.21+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Frederik Andersen G73:53−1.09

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Matt Boldy L20:321+1.73−0.05+0.75+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00+1.01
Brock Faber D27:041+0.53−0.26+0.78+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Pitlick C12:00+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Ben Jones C12:29−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02−0.00
Jonas Brodin D24:25−0.03−0.07+0.00−0.02+0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mats Zuccarello C18:5911−0.08−0.21+0.62+0.02+0.00−0.19+0.00−0.32
Liam Ohgren L12:33−0.11−0.05−0.06−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.02−0.00
Jared Spurgeon D21:43−0.12−0.19+0.00−0.02+0.08+0.00+0.00+0.00
Daemon Hunt D13:46−0.13−0.15+0.00−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Vinnie Hinostroza C12:46−0.15−0.14+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Yakov Trenin C16:31−0.20−0.25−0.10−0.01+0.03+0.19−0.06−0.00
Marcus Foligno L15:17−0.28−0.14−0.16−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jake Middleton D20:20−0.31−0.14−0.17−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marcus Johansson L15:04−0.35−0.10−0.24+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Zeev Buium D18:09−0.36−0.13+0.00−0.01−0.03−0.19+0.00+0.00
Danila Yurov R14:202−0.36−0.11−0.24−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.02−0.00
Joel Eriksson Ek C21:49−0.53−0.28−0.34−0.00+0.04+0.00+0.04−0.00
Kirill Kaprizov L23:231−0.83−0.36−0.13+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.38
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jesper Wallstedt G65:00+2.43

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.